| So 2022..good or bad for you 12:51 - Dec 31 with 1711 views | onehunglow |
Or just another year ?
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| So 2022..good or bad for you on 08:02 - Jan 1 with 631 views | Catullus |
Seeing posts on here sometimes stirs up strange emotions. When I see that a parent is lost from an obviously loving family I get jealous. You see my parents split when I was 6, my mother turned alcoholic, my father was largely absent. The Swans brought us back together ony for me to find, as the years passed, that he was a coward, a hypocrite, a liar, a cheat and a thief. I haven't spoken to him for years now.
I was recently told that he is qute ill, in hopsital and maybe not coming out. he has apparently lost his marbles, or as my sister put it, he's quite deranged. I felt nothing, not even anger towards him. In fact I mourn my dogs recent passing and love and miss Albie more than I do or will my father. Sad really, isn't it.
So I see posts of others parents and I get a bit jealous but at the same time I feel a strange happiness because, for the loss to hurt so much there must have been real love, real joy a father worth loving, a Dad.
RIP Joesus's Dad. | |
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| So 2022..good or bad for you on 09:53 - Jan 1 with 557 views | Sirjohnalot |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 08:02 - Jan 1 by Catullus |
Seeing posts on here sometimes stirs up strange emotions. When I see that a parent is lost from an obviously loving family I get jealous. You see my parents split when I was 6, my mother turned alcoholic, my father was largely absent. The Swans brought us back together ony for me to find, as the years passed, that he was a coward, a hypocrite, a liar, a cheat and a thief. I haven't spoken to him for years now.
I was recently told that he is qute ill, in hopsital and maybe not coming out. he has apparently lost his marbles, or as my sister put it, he's quite deranged. I felt nothing, not even anger towards him. In fact I mourn my dogs recent passing and love and miss Albie more than I do or will my father. Sad really, isn't it.
So I see posts of others parents and I get a bit jealous but at the same time I feel a strange happiness because, for the loss to hurt so much there must have been real love, real joy a father worth loving, a Dad.
RIP Joesus's Dad. |
People find love in many different ways, a parent, a partner, a best mate. One thing that you’ll always find is the love of a dog. For you to have that upbringing but come across as the really splendid and decent person you are speaks volumes for you.
We don’t owe anyone our love, it has to be earned.
Hope you have a peaceful new year and hopefully the love of another wonderful dog x |  | | |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 09:59 - Jan 1 with 546 views | onehunglow |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 08:02 - Jan 1 by Catullus |
Seeing posts on here sometimes stirs up strange emotions. When I see that a parent is lost from an obviously loving family I get jealous. You see my parents split when I was 6, my mother turned alcoholic, my father was largely absent. The Swans brought us back together ony for me to find, as the years passed, that he was a coward, a hypocrite, a liar, a cheat and a thief. I haven't spoken to him for years now.
I was recently told that he is qute ill, in hopsital and maybe not coming out. he has apparently lost his marbles, or as my sister put it, he's quite deranged. I felt nothing, not even anger towards him. In fact I mourn my dogs recent passing and love and miss Albie more than I do or will my father. Sad really, isn't it.
So I see posts of others parents and I get a bit jealous but at the same time I feel a strange happiness because, for the loss to hurt so much there must have been real love, real joy a father worth loving, a Dad.
RIP Joesus's Dad. |
You ve done well notwithstanding all that .
I had a traditional non conformist up bringing and it is hard to rid oneself clear of it all.
Good luck Cat,in all things.
Luck and Fortune are mostly what defines life
People underestimate them | |
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| So 2022..good or bad for you on 11:36 - Jan 1 with 498 views | pencoedjack |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 14:02 - Dec 31 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Bloody awful. Lost my dad two days before Christmas. |
Sorry to hear that.
Hope 2023 is better for you. |  | | |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 11:42 - Jan 1 with 496 views | pencoedjack |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 08:02 - Jan 1 by Catullus |
Seeing posts on here sometimes stirs up strange emotions. When I see that a parent is lost from an obviously loving family I get jealous. You see my parents split when I was 6, my mother turned alcoholic, my father was largely absent. The Swans brought us back together ony for me to find, as the years passed, that he was a coward, a hypocrite, a liar, a cheat and a thief. I haven't spoken to him for years now.
I was recently told that he is qute ill, in hopsital and maybe not coming out. he has apparently lost his marbles, or as my sister put it, he's quite deranged. I felt nothing, not even anger towards him. In fact I mourn my dogs recent passing and love and miss Albie more than I do or will my father. Sad really, isn't it.
So I see posts of others parents and I get a bit jealous but at the same time I feel a strange happiness because, for the loss to hurt so much there must have been real love, real joy a father worth loving, a Dad.
RIP Joesus's Dad. |
Similar for me Cat.
My father was absent from when I was 14, 35 years later when he was on his death bed asked my sister if I’d go & see him which I declined.
Not having a dad about is a very difficult thing but it made me a much better dad myself.
First pint, getting married, birth of kids, someone to talk to when you need a dad is something I missed out on & still makes me angry. | | | |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 12:51 - Jan 1 with 471 views | onehunglow |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 11:42 - Jan 1 by pencoedjack |
Similar for me Cat.
My father was absent from when I was 14, 35 years later when he was on his death bed asked my sister if I’d go & see him which I declined.
Not having a dad about is a very difficult thing but it made me a much better dad myself.
First pint, getting married, birth of kids, someone to talk to when you need a dad is something I missed out on & still makes me angry. |
My father was omnipresent yet those occasions on your last paragraph never happened with him and me .
You can’t have a first pint with someone who saw alcohol as the tool of the Devil and when on a new birth the main question is which church are you sending him to. | |
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| So 2022..good or bad for you on 12:53 - Jan 1 with 471 views | lifelong |
Lost both my parents within 9 months of each other when I was a young man, they were wonderful parents, it was a bad time in my life. Luckily I hadn’t long met Mrs Lifelong who was a rock and has been ever since.
2022 has not been the best of years for me personally, looking forward to better times. |  | | |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 12:59 - Jan 1 with 458 views | onehunglow |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 12:53 - Jan 1 by lifelong |
Lost both my parents within 9 months of each other when I was a young man, they were wonderful parents, it was a bad time in my life. Luckily I hadn’t long met Mrs Lifelong who was a rock and has been ever since.
2022 has not been the best of years for me personally, looking forward to better times. |
Best wishes Roger.
Sincerely meant
Richie | |
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| So 2022..good or bad for you on 13:41 - Jan 1 with 435 views | Catullus |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 11:42 - Jan 1 by pencoedjack |
Similar for me Cat.
My father was absent from when I was 14, 35 years later when he was on his death bed asked my sister if I’d go & see him which I declined.
Not having a dad about is a very difficult thing but it made me a much better dad myself.
First pint, getting married, birth of kids, someone to talk to when you need a dad is something I missed out on & still makes me angry. |
What my parents did teach me was how NOT to do it so I try every day to be better. Sometimes I fail but when I do, I try to learn from it.
I'm not angry towards them anymore, my mum died several years ago and I was surprised how upset I was.
My first pint was shared with friends, some of the other stuff he was around for but I always felt let down by his contribution because he always made it about him. To be hionest it would have been better if he hadn't been there rather than spoil things as he did. | |
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| So 2022..good or bad for you on 13:48 - Jan 1 with 432 views | Catullus |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 09:53 - Jan 1 by Sirjohnalot |
People find love in many different ways, a parent, a partner, a best mate. One thing that you’ll always find is the love of a dog. For you to have that upbringing but come across as the really splendid and decent person you are speaks volumes for you.
We don’t owe anyone our love, it has to be earned.
Hope you have a peaceful new year and hopefully the love of another wonderful dog x |
Now that's the big part that's missing from my post. My parenst being who they were, what they were, it didn't mean I had a bad upbringing, I was mostly raised by two wonderful women who loved, protected and spolied me, my Gran and my big sister. 30 years on and I miss my gran terribly. My big sister still spoils me!
If I'm a decent person it's because of gran and big sis.
Anyway, thats enough of me, this thread isn't about me. | |
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| So 2022..good or bad for you on 13:51 - Jan 1 with 428 views | Catullus |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 12:53 - Jan 1 by lifelong |
Lost both my parents within 9 months of each other when I was a young man, they were wonderful parents, it was a bad time in my life. Luckily I hadn’t long met Mrs Lifelong who was a rock and has been ever since.
2022 has not been the best of years for me personally, looking forward to better times. |
Onwards and upwars mate. Things can get better as long as you keep fighting. | |
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| So 2022..good or bad for you on 16:04 - Jan 1 with 392 views | Sirjohnalot |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 13:48 - Jan 1 by Catullus |
Now that's the big part that's missing from my post. My parenst being who they were, what they were, it didn't mean I had a bad upbringing, I was mostly raised by two wonderful women who loved, protected and spolied me, my Gran and my big sister. 30 years on and I miss my gran terribly. My big sister still spoils me!
If I'm a decent person it's because of gran and big sis.
Anyway, thats enough of me, this thread isn't about me. |
Didn’t mean any disrespect, sorry if it came across that way | | | |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 17:23 - Jan 1 with 363 views | Catullus |
| So 2022..good or bad for you on 16:04 - Jan 1 by Sirjohnalot |
Didn’t mean any disrespect, sorry if it came across that way |
None taken SJ, I took it as a compliment which I'm sure is what you intended. | |
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